Greenburgh Firefighter Sentenced Following Domestic Violence Attack
September 16, 2025
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced that a Greenburgh firefighter was sentenced Monday to three years of probation with domestic violence conditions for attacking his former girlfriend inside their shared apartment.
The DA’s Office had requested the additional imposition of shock probation, a small period of incarceration that forms part of the probationary sentence, but Judge James McCarty, who issued the sentence, denied this request.
At a bench trial in June, Judge McCarty convicted Joseph Apostoli, 46, a firefighter with the Fairview Fire Department, in Greenburgh, of two counts of Third-Degree Assault, a class A misdemeanor.
However, Judge McCarty acquitted Apostoli of Second-Degree Assault, a felony, and Second-Degree Unlawful Imprisonment and Criminal Obstruction of Breathing or Blood Circulation, both misdemeanors.
Apostoli will further have to perform 100 hours of community service and provide approximately $1,600 in restitution to the victim for her medical expenses. A permanent order of protection was also issued on behalf of the victim.
DA Cacace said: “Domestic violence is a scourge that affects everyone, no matter their circumstance or lot in life. Working to eradicate domestic violence by prosecuting abusers and empowering survivors is and will remain the guiding principle for my administration.”
On April 11, 2024, during a domestic dispute inside their Dobbs Ferry apartment, Apostoli slammed the victim, his partner at the time, to the floor of their bedroom. He then carried her to the living room and threw her to the floor, again, and struck her about her head.
The victim — who is 4’10” weighing barely 100 pounds against the defendant’s 6’2”, nearly 300-pound frame — sustained serious injuries following this attack, including a rib fracture, partially collapsed lung and bruising to the body and face.
At sentencing, a statement authored by the victim was read aloud to the court, stating, “Although I work diligently to reclaim my life, the memories of that night constantly haunt me, triggered by the simplest reminders… I find myself questioning: ‘Why did this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this suffering?’
“I wish for understanding, but the answer is, I may never know.”
The investigation was conducted by the Westchester County Department of Public Safety.
The case was prosecuted by Sex Crimes and Human Trafficking Bureau Chief Michelle Lopez.
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